Terrorist Attack in DC

[finehoe]

A North Carolina man was arrested Sunday after he walked into a popular pizza restaurant in Northwest Washington carrying an assault rifle and fired one or more shots, D.C. police said. The man told police he had come to the restaurant to "self-investigate" a false election-related conspiracy theory involving Hillary Clinton that spread online during her presidential campaign.

The incident caused panic, with several businesses going into lockdown as police swarmed the neighborhood after receiving the call shortly before 3 p.m.

Police said 28-year-old Edgar Maddison Welch, of Salisbury, N.C., walked in the front door of Comet Ping Pong and pointed a firearm in the direction of a restaurant employee. The employee was able to flee and notify police. Police said Welch proceeded to discharge the rifle inside the restaurant; they think that all other occupants had fled when Welch began shooting.

Welch has been charged with assault with a dangerous weapon.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2016/12/04/d-c-police-respond-to-report-of-a-man-with-a-gun-at-comet-ping-pong-restaurant

[peestandingup]

Funny how you guys will make threads about retards like this, but not a peep about an actual ISIS inspired real terror attack at Ohio State.

[fsquid]

Funny how you guys will make threads about retards like this, but not a peep about an actual ISIS inspired real terror attack at Ohio State.

lone wolf, a one off.

[twojacks]

The story is not the attack but the spread of rumor and its consequences.

[peestandingup]

Funny how you guys will make threads about retards like this, but not a peep about an actual ISIS inspired real terror attack at Ohio State.

lone wolf, a one off.

Oh, OK then.

The story is not the attack but the spread of rumor and its consequences.

I guess, but there's literally thousands of conspiracy theories out there nuts could act on. Funny how this was the one that did it, all the while media has been pushing the "fake news" angle since the election (and was sure to inject it into this story).

Besides, if this person is legit, I'd say the real story is how a mentally deranged person could be duped enough to actually do something like this, not terrorism or the story itself. Like I said, there's thousands of these types of stories floating around. If it wasn't this, it could've been something else.

[Adam White]

Funny how you guys will make threads about retards like this, but not a peep about an actual ISIS inspired real terror attack at Ohio State.

Um, if you actually understood what went on here-- specifically how alt-right mouth breathers were CONVINCED that ordering pizza was code for raping children-- and that this is a direct result of the lunacy Trump has not just inspired but fomented, you'd be (correctly) calling this guy a terrorist as well.

Yeah, that whole thing is insane.

But he's a terrorist, no question. Even if he's crazy and even if he's a lone wolf.

Fineho is not a moderator or anything - yet he chose to start a thread about this. I don't know why others don't start threads about incidents they are concerned about - nothing is stopping them.

[finehoe]

Besides, if this person is legit, I'd say the real story is how a mentally deranged person could be duped enough to actually do something like this, not terrorism or the story itself. Like I said, there's thousands of these types of stories floating around. If it wasn't this, it could've been something else.

Yeah, the fact that our president-elect's pick for National Security Advisor's top aide is repeating the story means nothing.

A new Internet conspiracy theory emerged Monday. Citing Welch's minor background as an actor, some claimed the gun incident was either staged or even a hoax altogether. And on Sunday night, Michael Flynn Jr., the son and top aide of retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for national security adviser, tweeted that the Comet Ping Pong conspiracy theory might still be true.

"Until #Pizzagate proven to be false, it'll remain a story. The left seems to forget #PodestaEmails and the many 'coincidences' tied to it," Flynn Jr. tweeted. He later posted images of direct messages from CNN host Jake Tapper imploring him to stop spreading the rumors.

As the story spread, Comet and other establishments along Connecticut Avenue have been subject to threats and vile social media banter, business owners said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/alleged-gunman-tells-police-he-wanted-to-rescue-children-at-dc-pizza-shop-after-hearing-fictional-internet-accounts/2016/12/05/cb5ebabc-bae8-11e6-ac85-094a21c44abc_story.html